That's what most of the people who bought L4D1 wish they could have done.wrecker77 said:OMG A SEQUEL!! I need 5 more dlc maps before buying more of what I care enogh about to make a boyocott!
I still dont own one. I am going streight to 2.
That's what most of the people who bought L4D1 wish they could have done.wrecker77 said:OMG A SEQUEL!! I need 5 more dlc maps before buying more of what I care enogh about to make a boyocott!
I still dont own one. I am going streight to 2.
They did make it quite clear there would be DLC support for L4D, and before the boycott they probably didn't even have a name for the Crash Course campaign and wasn't about to give little tidbits. How would they know a bunch of people were going to be conspiracy freak crybabies?squid5580 said:Ya the price of a plane ticket and a tour of the office. Be kinda hard to bash them after getting special treatment like that.The Infamous Scamola said:I'm not the guy to believe in conspiracy theories, but Valve must've paid that guy a lot to start singing like that.
So can someone please tell me why they couldn't announce this a few months back before the boycott and even before the L4D2 announcement? It seems to me that either games aren't nearly as hard or time consuming to make or they just announced L4D2 to create a controversy.
A pet tank? Awwwww, that is just the chick magnet for me! Whoo's a cute lil tankeywankey? Yes you are! Now here's a treat so you don't go beating on that lady's chihuahua. Though it was awersome the way you cleared the water fountain with that last one. Oh don't give me the eyes!SomeBritishDude said:Valve-Next week we will be releasing 23 new campaigns for left 4 dead 1, along with 7 new infected, 172 new weapons and a new game mode where your given money for playing. This DLC will be free and will come with a new car and your very own pet tank.
thumbs up for Futurama reference ^^Roxilla84 said:Does anybody else remember a time when you bought a game and that was that, no expansions, no DLC, no patches - a time where you were satisfied if the money you gave the developer and publisher bought you a rewarding and fun experience, and you were happy to give your money to them again for a good sequel, and were ecstatic if it were just a year or so later?
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
ben---neb said:Who cares? Valve is just proving that Left 4 Dead 2 boycotters are a bunch of dicks. + 1 to them.
Yes... giving into the boycotters demands and giving them exactly what they wanted certainly proved they were dicks and completely owned them... riiight...VanityGirl said:Boycotters, you've just been OWNED.
That's some pretty awful logic right there. See people can NOT do the things they said they would do, but the sun ALWAYS rises. I don't see why I should argue with someone who has such a flawed sense of logic, and makes such horrible analogies.Kwil said:(??) So.. Valve doing what they said since day 1 that they were doing anyway is somehow giving in to the boycotters? By that logic, me commanding the sun to rise in the morning somehow makes me responsible when it does. Fear my awesome powers.Taerdin said:ben---neb said:Who cares? Valve is just proving that Left 4 Dead 2 boycotters are a bunch of dicks. + 1 to them.Yes... giving into the boycotters demands and giving them exactly what they wanted certainly proved they were dicks and completely owned them... riiight...VanityGirl said:Boycotters, you've just been OWNED.
I'm just glad the boycotters held Valve to their promises, it didn't seem like anything was coming, but now they've not only delivered but they've completely catered to them.
The rampant ignorance and stupidity on these forums astounds me. I hope you enjoyed your little doggy treat your media masters fed you when they told you to irrationally hate the boycotters.
The boycotters actually state in their manifesto that: "-Left 4 Dead was, and is, a quality game which deserves the praise of the entire gaming community."Kwil said:Was the product good enough for the boycotters to buy BEFORE they promised the content, or are the boycotters just stupid enough to plunk down money for things they think are incomplete?
Don't say "you boycotters"Eoin Livingston said:I have gotten over 200 hours worth of pure, solid fun and your saying that I didn't get my money's worth for L4D1? I am just starting to get bored of L4D1 and there releasing more to keep me entertained so I say...Bring it on and I still don't know how you boycotters can still boycott after this *pfft*Ninja_X said:We have yet to get our full moneys worth out of L4D 1 and already they are releasing 2?
Thanks for that video link Kraken, interesting awesome stuff.Internet Kraken said:Yeah the Jockey is neat. There's some good footage of it in this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fOXOESHzHg#movie_player] video.Christemo said:cool, im really interested in the new special infected part, even tho it cant get more awesome than this guy: http://left4dead.wikia.com/wiki/The_Jockey
I like you.VanityGirl said:Halfbreed13 said:What the fuck is wrong with all these people ragging on the boycotters?VanityGirl said:Boycotters, you've just been OWNED.
If there had been no boycott, there would have been less pressure on Valve to follow through with their statements, or to let people know they haven't forgotten about it. You all seem to hate consumers with a seething rage. Does no one understand basic economics? Supplier sells good. Consumers buy it. If the supplier does something that the consumers dislike, they have two choices. Listen to the consumers or ignore them and become EA. Now, from what you all are saying, no game company should EVER listen to people's complaints.
I went slightly OT, but back to what I was saying, what happens when you get ripped off all of the time because any people who actually try and state their beliefs get bashed constantly.
How many of these anti-boycotters ***** constantly about how little Zelda and Mario games change, or how mediocre Halo is. Well? YOU FUCKING BOYCOTT A PRODUCT TO STATE YOUR OPINION. You are all essentially saying: "No! You must buy this game and you will like it!"
You seem to all be less mature than these supposed rabid boycotters.
It is good that people stood up when they thought they were getting screwed, it is even better that Valve clarified the issue so everyone is a winner.
Except of course you morons who act as if you won some imaginary competition.
^^^
/useless rant.
I will not be mean to you and your blatant disregard for even READING anything having to do with Valve, the boycott or the DLC.
If you've been keeping up with the news, Valve had already promised DLC for L4D1, regardless of whether there had ACTUALLY been a boycott, which techinically, you can't call it a boycott until L4D2's release, since a boycott would mean they would not buy or play the game. Anywho, Valve is a wonderful company who does keep their promises. In all honesty, I kind of thought the boycott was pointless, once Valve set a date, I doubted they would have stopped the release because 44,000 people out of the 2.5+ million people that bought it. In all honesty, that's a drop in the bucket. (And you know that some boycotters will buy L4D2 anyways._
If you're thinking of economics, it's all about demand, if people demand for a new Left 4 Dead, which the number of sales of the first showed they did, then Valve would have pumped out a sequel. Most of my friends that bought L4D weren't concerned with free DLC, they were happy they had a fun, quirky game to play. Most of my friends bought Left 4 Dead as their first Valve game, so they knew NOTHING bout Valve and free DLC. I think it's petty to complain about things like that.
Oh, and before I forget, the release of L4D2 will drive down the price of L4D1, meaning it's sales may increase. It's actually a SMART ECONOMIC move by Valve.
Also, when did I spew hate? I just said they got owned, with they did. All their complaining just to get FLOWN TO VALVE to be shown that "Hey guys, we actually are supporting our game and look at the new shiny game, it's a COMPLETE SEQUEL". That's not hate, it's an actual fact. Even Walking_Target had to admit that, one of the BOYCOTT LEADERS.
Also, don't bring maturity into this. I was joking about boycotters (saying they got owned), up until your ridiculous rant, I did respect them and listened to their arguements. It's people like you who try to prove a point and lash out that make boycotters look bad. You're trying to defend them (it seems) by attacking.
And people will always complain about games, I think the fact that Valve listens is what makes them a great company. But, to be fair, there's a VERY LARGE difference between boycotting and complaining. A complaint should be in a constructive helpful manner, a way for the Developers to say "hm, that's a great idea, we should do that". In some cases, the boycotters reasons for boycotting did have constructive complaints, but some of the other reasons were outlandish.
Also, I never said boycotters were stupid, immature or anything, but that seems to be what you think I said. I'm not stupid enough to say that boycotting would never work, because in history, it's been proven. But in this case, there's not enough support behind the boycotters for it to actually matter.
Thanks for reading and I hope I didn't hurt your feelings, but think before you try to disrespect someone. And try to understand the difference between sarcasm and realism.![]()
I think that was his plan all along.AceDiamond said:Jeez who would have thought that just doing what they said they were going to do would break the back of a ill-informed boycott movement?
Either that or the guy was just happy his 4 month plan to complain loudly enough like a 2-year-old so he could get a free trip to Valve had finally succeeded.